Usually when reading a textbook, I tend to skip the asides; anything that isn’t a part of the main text. In the case of the Craig chapters, I’ve found the side passages to be really interesting. My favorite from chapter three was “The Peach Blossom Spring.” It is a poem from Tao Qian, and it tells of a fisherman who stumbles upon a lost village, with a community of people living in simplicity and peace.
The poem is very visually descriptive, so I decided to look up Chinese art influenced by the story. Here are my three favorites:
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Thank you for finding and sharing these! They are wonderful!